Articles filed under East Leyden High School

Leyden takes tournament title from WillowbrookDec 28, 2014 1:20 AMBy Kevin Schmit
One day of resiliency rolled into two for Leyden’s boys basketball team.
Saturday night it allowed the Eagles to hoist the biggest hardware at the Glenbard West Holiday Classic.
Capping a comeback from a disappointing pool-play loss four days earlier, Leyden won its second title in three years in Glen Ellyn with a 64-53 victory over West Suburban Gold Conference rival Willowbrook.

Girls basketball / Northwest roundupDec 27, 2014 12:38 AMDaily Herald report
Hersey coach Mary Fendley could not recall in her 16 seasons losing two prominent players to injury (senior captains Annie Korff and Juliette Vainisi) during the same week. First, Vainisi suffered a dislocated elbow at practice and then Korff went out of Friday’s Wheaton North tournament game early in the fourth quarter with an ankle injury ankle. The young Huskies still got the result they were after, a 47-39 victory over Glenbard South.

Doroskin, Blackwell pace a Schaumburg victoryDec 23, 2014 11:59 PMDaily Herald report
Schaumburg’s girls basketball team recovered smartly from an opening-round loss in the Wheaton North tournament to defeat Willowbrook 47-30 on Tuesday afternoon. The Saxons held a 1-point lead at the break but gradually pulled away in the second half outscoring the Warriors 29-13. Schaumburg’s defense limited Willowbrook to 1 free throw in the third quarter. Leading the charge for the Saxons were Tatiana Doroskin (18 points, 6 rebounds) and Jada Blackwell (14 points, 7 rebounds).

St. Viator wins a classic, in Blenner’s honorDec 22, 2014 11:48 PMBy John Leusch
Peggy Blenner said her husband Tom would have loved Monday’s girls basketball game that went down to the wire at St. Viator’s Cahill Gymnasium. The St. Viator community showed its love to the late Tom Blenner before the game with a special tribute to the longtime Lions assistant girls basketball coach who died earlier this month. St. Viator athletic director Marty Jennings announced that the Snowflake Classic has been renamed the Tom and Megan Blenner Holiday Invitational. Tom’s daughter Megan, a former St. Viator standout athlete, died this past summer. “We were excited to be able to rename the tournament after Tom and Megan,” said St. Viator girls basketball coach Paul Missavage. “And we were really excited that Tom’s wife and daughters (Kelly and Jamie) were here tonight. That was awesome.” The type of intense game that Peggy said Tom would have loved ended with senior Kayne Stanley’s 2 pressure free throws with 43.3 seconds left proving to be the difference in the Lions’ 44-43 triumph in the first round of the tournament.

Wrestling: Scouting NorthwestDec 4, 2014 1:45 PMBy Mike Garofola
Here's what to expect from the wrestling teams in the Mid-Suburban League plus Maine West, St. Viator and Leyden this season.

Girls gymnastics: Scouting NorthwestDec 4, 2014 1:45 PMBy Michael Eaken
Here's what to expect from the high school girls gymnastics teams of the Mid-Suburban League plus Maine West and Leyden this season.

Will helps Prospect repeat at YorkNov 27, 2014 1:08 AMBy john leusch
Taylor Will went out in style after competing at the York girls basketball tournament for the past four years. The Prospect senior helped lead the Knights to their second straight tourney championship as they wrapped up 4-0 showing with Wednesday’s 70-45 victory over Wheaton North in Elmhurst. Will’s game-high 29 points moved her into second place (1,323 points) on Prospect’s all-time scoring list behind Colleen Grant (1,352).

Haas has hot hand in Hersey winNov 24, 2014 11:57 PMDaily Herald report
Senior guard Payton Haas led the way to a season-opening win for Hersey. Haas had a team-best 18-points with a pair of 3-pointers as the Huskies topped Glenbrook North 63-60 in tournament play Monday at Niles West.

Fremd rolls past Cary-Grove at LakesNov 22, 2014 11:48 PMBy John Leusch
Fremd’s girls basketball team continued its run through the Turkey Thriller with a perfect record by defeating Cary-Grove 67-40 at Lakes High School on Saturday afternoon.Duke recruit Haley Gorecki struck for a season -high 25 points, while also collecting 5 steals and with 4 assists.

Leyden wins coach Kuzmanic’s first gameNov 19, 2014 12:24 AMBy John Leusch
Stephanie Kuzmanic did a lot of winning as a four-year starting guard at Wheeling High School and Carthage College in Kenosha. So it was quite appropriate her coaching career started with a win as well. Making her debut as Leyden’s girls basketball coach on Tuesday night in Bensenville, Kuzmanic’s Eagles posted a 52-48 victory in overtime over host Fenton.

Football: Scouting Week 9, NorthwestOct 23, 2014 11:00 PMBy Dick Quagliano
Here's a look at Week 9 of the high school football season, from the perspective of teams in the Mid-Suburban League plus St. Viator, Leyden, Maine West and Christian Liberty.

Girls volleyball: Hersey makes Pumpkin finaleOct 18, 2014 10:49 PMBy John Leusch
If Hersey’s girls volleyball team was looking for momentum heading into Thursday’s Mid-Suburban League championship match, the Huskies found it Saturday in Des Plaines. For the first time in years, they advanced to the title match of the 16-team Maine West Pumpkin Invite. Sandburg won the championship 25-18, 28-26 after Hersey defeated Lyons 25-23, 25-23 in the semifinals. The Huskies also netted a 25-18, 25-23 triumph over Riverside-Brookfield in the quarterfinals and defeated Lockport (25-22 20-25 25-21) and Conant (25-16, 25-8) in Friday’s pool play.

Football: Scouting Week 8, NorthwestOct 17, 2014 1:41 AMBy Dick Quagliano
Here's what to expect in Week 8 of the high school football season for team in the Mid-Suburban League plus St. Viator, Leyden, Maine West and Christian Liberty.

Girls basketball: Kuzmanic returns to preps as Leyden’s head coachOct 15, 2014 3:43 PMBy John Leusch
Stephanie Kuzmanic had an outstanding career as a basketball player. Now she hopes to do the same as a coach. This past summer, Kuzmanic was chosen to direct the Leyden girls basketball program. The announcement came only a few months after she finished her collegiate career as the Capital One Academic all-American “Player of the Year” for NCAA Division III women’s basketball. She was a first-team All-America selection with a 4.0 cumulative grade-point average.

Leyden goes on the offensive at MortonOct 11, 2014 12:43 AMDaily Herald report
Maybe Leyden was just conserving offensive firepower through the first six weeks of the season.
The floodgates opened in Week 7 for the Eagles, who rolled past Morton 52-20 on Friday in West Suburban Gold play in Berwyn.
The performance topped the 47 points Leyden had scored in its first six weeks combined and gave the Eagles their first victory of the season.
Leyden (1-6, 1-3) has its home finale next weekend against Willowbrook before a Week 9 game at Proviso East.
Morton fell to 2-5 overall and 2-3 in the WSC Gold.